The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAR, 18 1906.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXI, Issue 1702, 19 March 1906, Page 2

The Gisborne Times PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. GISBORNE, MAR, 18 1906.

AUCKLAND AWAKE. : It is pleaeiDg to learn from the telegram received od Saturday by the ;Secretary of I the East Coast Railway Lelagti'e,'from the Hod. J Carroll, who is at present in Roto-: rua, that (he Auckland League is at last fully alive to the requirements of this Coast in the matter of railways, and that there is likoly lo be considerable activity d.splayed at that end during the next few wieks. When the Gisborne-Te Karaite ime was : started, there was not much assistance forthcoming from the Northern City, but of late the Auckland Chamber of Commerce and numbers of Parliament have displiyed a keener in»: terest in Our affairs ; it being even urged at the last meeting of the Chamber that the East Coast was as important to Auckland as the Main Trunk line. This is what we have always contended; In faot, we would go further, and says that from thd.Cpoiot of view'of trade, Auckland is likely to.' benefit more, from an East Ccasf lip.o than.it would from connection with Wellington. The vast area of first-olaes country at present lyiDg in on unproductive state, whiob would be tapped between the Motu and the Bay of Plenty and onwards would mean a tremendous i inoroase in the volume of business both of Gisborne and Auckland, and the latter is likely to benefit even more.than this district will do. .The business of Gisborne has of la'o beiDg drifting from Auokland | to Wellington, and it is no doubt with the idea of bringing the lion’s share baok to i the northern city that our Auckland friends are now so anxious for our welfare. But although their grounds of courtship I may bo somewhat selfish, Gisborne can I afford to be generous, and as the member I for tho district points out, the opportunity should bo made the most of, seeing that it is l'kely to load to tho more speedy proseoulion of the line to tho Motu, and flhafi id mhak nhipfl x/ nnnnnvna na 'TTfiil-

the Auckland and Bay of Plenty leagues heartily co-operatiDg with the East Coast league it is hard lo say what might not be done in the mattor of bringing the claims of the long ncgleoted East Coast

prominently before the Government, and I ihose who have fought for the line to the I Motu may have the satisfaction of seeing I it theie much sooner than they ospected. We are sure that tho local Lrague will do as Mr Carroll suggests, and keep the Auckland League supplied with all necessary data. Perhaps the beat course to . adopt would be for deputations to be sent from this district and the Bay of Plenty to Auokland, so that the three bodies oould decide on a course of united aotion in the matter. The question of the route oould a'so be gone into at the same time, there beiDg a difference of opim’on in some quartera on this score. The thanks of the district are due t) Mr Carroll for the interest he is displaying in Auckland on our behalf. The great amount of interest

dow being taken in tho railing of the East Coast must considerably etrengtboo his hands, and wbon tho distribution of tbo loaves and fishes tnkes pluoo ho oan ask with oonfidenco for a larger poition for this district.

Tho special eorvioos held nt tho diet Ohutoh yesterday were lurg ly at tondod.

Tho Manubu urrivod in Auckland at nino o’clock yestorday morning nf.or a Btnart run up tho ojaet of undor 21 hours, Tho omoant of money put through tho totalisotor for the two days of tho Tolngo Bay J.O. aonual mooting was £5,100. Only threo objections have beon lodged against tho borough valuations. Tho Assessment Court will sit next Monday. An important sale of tiwn or.d suburban and oountry lands will bo hold by Moßsrs Williams aud Kett'o on Saturday noxt.

Messrs Hollonstein Bros.’ Now Zoa'and Clothing Footery ato opening up bolus special linos of boots and shoos, which will well repay ioepcction. His Worship the Mayor (Mr J. Townioy) dad Mrß and Miss Townley loft by tho Manuka on Saturday, en route for Rotorua, The Oamaru Mail learns that tho Cabinet has Banationod tho purchase of the Corriedale estate, Ngspara, for oloser settlement, The prioe paid is £6 10s per aorc.

Mr T. J. Collins, dentist, of Dunedin, died on Sat urd ay from hemorrhage of the lungs, at his residence, St. Clair.

Attention is directed to advertisement appearing in this issue relating to the celebrated Phosphorised Quinine and Iron Tonic prepared by Chas. A. Fletcher, of Wellington. At an inquest on tho body of tbo Ma r 1 Tawo, ago J about 40 years, who was found dead on the road betwoen Oaewbo o and Kibanga, a verdict of suffooatioo was brought in. Evidenoo showed that tho man bsd evidently beon thrown from his horse ioto a pool of wator, and beiog unooDsoious had bceo suff-cated,

sVith a view of forming a clnsvMhs Ivey will give a demonstration lesson in cookery on Wednesday afternoon, admission being free. The opportunity should be taken full advantage of by the young hdieß of tbo district.

Tho Chamber of Commeroa meet this afternoon to decide what spaoe will be required for Gisborne at the fo thoomiog Exhibition at Cbrietohurcb. Intending exhibitors are specially requested to attend.

All classes of produoo were in good demand at Messrs Bain Bros.’ auction mut on Saturday. Eggs sold from Is 8d to Is lid, and butter from lOd to lid. Fowls and ducks wore in good demand at from la 3d to-Is 9d. Potatoes sold at 2d, and onions Bt lld to 2d ; and other produce at previous week’s ra'e?.

Messrs Milter and Craig, auotioneorp, will sell privately during tho present week manufacturers’ samples, including spscisl lines io ladies’ apparel and household iioen. A lady attendant will be at the mart during the sale.

Thoso interested in tho fishing industry aro reminded of tho meeting to be held at the Masonio Hotel this evening for the purpose of floating a oompany to exploit the industry. It is to be hoped that something practical will result from the meeting, as Gisborne is far behind othsr plaoes in regard to the supply of fresh fish.

A nasty accident occurred at tho local railway station on S *turday night. While attending to his duties, prior to the late train leaving for the Karaka, Guard Gibb Lad the misfortune to fall f,om a carriage and break bis leg. Dr Williams was soon in attendance on the sufferer, and ordered his removal to the hospital,

A five-year-old boy, while playing on Messrs Bailey and Lowe’s slip, Auckland, fell into tho harbor, whioh was at full tide A youth named John Gibbons hearing the youngster’s ocies for help dived in, and brought him to land. Medical aid was summoned, and afterwards the child was removed to his home,

• A DUmber of<people going to the Tolago Bay races on Friday morning had a very trying experience in orossing the Puatae Rooks. They were caugbfr-by tho tide and it was only with tho greatest difficulty that they managedQo get 'through. This h a very daDgerous pieoe of road,-, and we would strongly urge the County Gounod to hastoQ matters in connection with the proposed deviation,

At the Polioe Court on Saturday two offenders for drunkenness were dealt with. A youDg _ man named Hugh JBoyle was remanded for a week on a charge of stealmg a bicycle, valued at £6, the property of Joseph Rowland. Thomas Davis, on a charge of assault, was fined £l, and ooets 2s, in default of payment 48 hours’ imprisonment.

Peking on of the service road from the Main Truok railway works (north eod) to Makatote, in order to oonvey thither tho viaduct material, and tho putting in hand of a middle section near Raetihi, have had the effeot of establishing service road connection over a great portion of the 90-mile gap between the railheads north and south. It is expected that by November there will be service road communication right through, aud that ooaohes will be able to convey passengers over tho gap.

There was a large attendance at Messrs Miller ana Craig’s Cenfral Auction Mart on Saturday last, when the following prices were realised : Hens la3d to Is 6d, roosters | Is 61 to 2s, ducks Is 61 to Is 9J, butter lOd,, eggs la.9d to 2s, potatoes l£d to 2d tomatoes l£d, ououmbers is doz, cauliflowers Is .61 dez, cabbages Is doz, onions Id lb, peaohes 21, qiinoes id lb,'bananas bs case, oraoges 9s 61 oase, hams 7id. The afternoon sale of indent samples was well I patronised, and there was spirited bidding for the goods offered,

At a epßoial meeting of the directors of the Oirnaru Caledoniau Society, Ihesooiety voted £SOO of its funds towards the oost of makiDg the Tyne street gardens municipal reserve a recreation ground for oyoling, running, orioket, football, eto., iprovidtd satisfactory arrangements oan bB made with other sports bodies and . the Borough Oouooil. The idea is to have the reserve declared a domain, It is an ideal spot for sports, of all sorts, is central, and a fow hundred pounds would bo sufficient to i mako a thoroughly up-to date track, Th 3 Sheridan Musical Comedy Company’s season was brought to a close on Saturday evening before a orowded audieno?, when tbov put upon the boards tho overgreon “ Pun on the Bristol.” Tho I main character of tho Widow O’Brisn wbs oarried out in a thorough manner by Mr BhoridaD, the other characters bomg also i capably sustained. Laughter was hearty throughout. Cheers farewelled the performers at the fall of the ourtaio. The company left for South by the Talune laßt evening. A common type of informer was bowled out recently in Melbourne. He was a grocer, and he wrote to the Fac* tories Acts officials complaining that his loathsome contemporary in the same street frequently did business on the statutory half-holiday. An inspector called unannounced on the next holiday. He found the accused person’s premises clear, but the complaining grocer was serving half-a-dozen customers in his back-yard.—Bulletin. One of the coming curses of coastal Queensland, the pretty water hyacinth, has got such a hold in the Brisbane River that the small steamers can only get to Ipswich with great difficulty, i The local authorities are hoping for a flood to do the work they have systematically neglected. Victoria is quite up-to-date in health matters! The other day a female

patient was conveyed from Mirboo, in

Gippsland, to Sale hospital, in a railway van wherein cream, vegetables, and other eatables are carried. She

was subsequently found to be in the last stages of typhoid, and died the following day. Thereupon, there being now no possible doubt about the disease, the bedding and clothing were carefully returned in the earne van I

A roward is offered foe tho recovery of a purse lost yesterday.

Hia Exoellenoy Adtn'ral Fawkes, Com ruaodoc in Chief of the Aus'.i alasian squad 00, aooompaniol by Lady Fawkes aud Flag Lieutenant Napier, wore through passougors by the Manuka on Saturday. A young girl nnmod Annio Clnydon had the uiiefortuno 'o got tbo top taken off one of her Angora through getting hor bard oaught in a maohino at tho Onohuaga Woollen Mills. A lad named Benjamin Obrisp, also employed at tbo Woollen Mi’l', got ono of his hands severely lacerated by a maohino. A settler ut Akura, who hat had some rxperionco of tho peUtj blight in Ireland, an 1 now finds it oroppieg up again in his ow garden, et-*tes that tho Irish and Now Zealand blight are identical. His opinion is that tho blight is atmosphorio, and that on oertain nights—ospco ally those on whioh there is a heavy fall of dew—the tops of tho potatoes b;oome impregnated, and tho infection travels from them to the tubor. Ho has little faith in spraying or in any remedy, and is somewhat of a fat ilist as regards his crop. Tho germ in the vapour iucou'a’es tho top of the potato, and no'bing, in his opinion, can then save tho tuber.

Some weeks ago a proposal was made that a wireless telographio Btation should b6~orected at Cape York, Qjeensland, by the Deienoe Department. The matter has been under tho consideration of the Minister for Defence, Sonator Playford, but ho has not yet arrived at a conclusion. Ho it not fully convinced as to the practicability of wireless telegraphy over distances so loDg as would bo neoessary to be useful to Australia in times of peaoe, and reeent revelations in respect to the tapping of British messages at Corunna lead him to approach the subject with extra caution.

The Inspector General of Police in New South Wales has recoived from the ocliogeuperintendent of police at Deuiliquin a return of bush and grass fires which ooourred duciDg January, in the southwestern district. Tho return shows, among other things (says tho Sydney Daily Telegraph), that phosphoriaed pollard laid for rabbits has been effective in more than one instance in producing serious conflagrations. Through this cause 500 acres of g r ass war destroyed at Booligal, and two miles of fencing, with 1000 acres of grass at Carrathool ; while other poisoning laid for rabbits in the Gunbar district set fire to 20 acres of grass,